After celebrating the Lunar New Year, I believe everyone has started to return to work. If you don’t want to only think about work, why not take advantage of the weekend to visit some interesting art exhibitions and recharge at the beginning of the Year of the Tiger!
Plastic Thing “Foodie Sister” Surprise Collaboration with Garfield: “GARFATTY BELLY LAUGHS”
Beloved by many for his love of eating and sleeping, “Garfield the Cat” is a familiar character. However, when it comes to representing the “eat, drink, sleep” lifestyle, he may have met his match. This winter, Garfield the Cat will join forces with Plastic Thing’s “Foodie Sister” to invade the Harbour City Art Museum. They both not only have big bellies, but also share the same attitude towards life. The two adorable characters will be seen together for the first time, creating a lot of laughter!
This exhibition will showcase the playful interactions between Garfield and the Foodie Sister, a series by the founder of Plastic Thing, Yip Yan. Some of the illustrations are inspired by classic comic scenes from “Garfield,” depicting the daily lives of humans and cats, accompanied by simple text that will bring a smile to your face. In addition to admiring the illustrator’s iconic and eye-catching colorful artworks, the audience will also have the opportunity to see several “heavyweight” pieces presented in a unique “bursting out of the frame” manner, adding to the fun. Curious to find out what sparks will fly when Garfield meets the Foodie Sister? Then don’t miss this exhibition!
Date: From now until February 15 Time: 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM Location: Harbour City Art Museum 2/F, Shop 207, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, Hong Kong
Zhou Junhui Tarot Card Series Solo Exhibition: “Forever Beyond the Present”
Touch Gallery is proud to present the latest exhibition “Beyond the Present” by Hong Kong artist Chow Chun Fai. Chow Chun Fai started his Tarot series in 2017. The artist intentionally changed his previous creative mode, allowing semantically ambiguous images to dominate the content. While actively presetting a certain framework, he also casually lets the drawn Tarot card images lead him into a space detached from reality. The works incorporate familiar Hong Kong scenery as a backdrop, allowing the audience to wander in the allegorical world created by the artist. With both nostalgia and narrative, the works open up an imaginative realm between the past and the future due to the open interpretation of the Tarot cards.
Zhou Junhui’s earlier film and news series mainly focused on “appropriation,” cleverly dealing with issues of original text and imitation, while connecting electronic and traditional craft media. The tarot card series continues the past style and incorporates the concept of “mixing and juxtaposing,” disrupting a single message to create a mixture and uncertainty, sharing interpretation rights with the audience to interpret this ever-changing era together.
In response to the Tarot series paintings by Chow Chun-fai, Hong Kong ceramic artist Lee Wai-han created five works related to divination and the authentic culture of Temple Street, which were exhibited on the spot. The protagonist of the works embodies a mischievous and down-to-earth style, revealing the nuances of community life.
Date: February 8 to March 6, 2022 (Closed on Mondays)
Time: 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: Unit 202, 3/F, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong
Rossi & Rossi Wong Chuk Hang New Space Opening Exhibition
Rossi & Rossi will return to the South of Hong Kong in the form of a new gallery, aiming to present a comprehensive range of contemporary art works at the gallery, bringing a large-scale opening exhibition to showcase works by all represented artists.
In addition to the opening exhibition at the beginning of 2022, Rossi & Rossi also plans a series of subsequent exhibitions, including solo shows by Leang Seckon and Nortse, as well as a small retrospective of Siah Armajani. The annual summer exhibition program for local emerging artists will also take place in the new gallery. As the gallery approaches its 40th anniversary, let us look forward to more inspiring exhibitions in the future!
Dates: February 16, 2022 to March 12, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Location: Rossi & Rossi 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, M Place 11/F, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Abstract expressionist artist Wu Shuang’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong: “Light of Nature”
Whitestone Gallery presents Wu Shuang’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong at H Queen’s. This exhibition will focus on showcasing the vibrant masterpieces created by the artist from 2019 to 2021. Wu Shuang is a young abstract expressionist artist known for her vivid colors and surreal imagery. The exhibition highlights Wu Shuang’s work during the pandemic, showing that despite the spread of the disease, it did not hinder her creativity and strong spiritual consciousness in the world of art, but gave her more insights and courage in life.
Her paintings are centered around people and inspired by nature; in her creations, there is also an underlying search for freedom and the pursuit of the meaning of life. Her recent painting style is more romantic and poetic, internalizing the consciousness of freedom from her creations, portraying animals as the main subject of life forms; reflecting on the relationship between humans and others in the human world.
Date: February 12, 2022 to March 12, 2022 (Closed on Sundays and Mondays)
Time: 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Location: White Stone Gallery, 7-8/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
Ink painting with the original “Fission Chasing Light” technique: “Four Seasons Cycle” John Huang (Han Chi) New Ink Art Exhibition
Hong Kong people have always attached great importance to the Lunar New Year. In 1881 Heritage has specially arranged a solo exhibition of local artist Wong Yuet-hon’s new ink paintings during this period, aiming to inspire people through the unique points, lines, surfaces, and colors of the art, and to add joy to the festival with works full of auspicious and celebratory meanings.
John Wong’s work can almost subvert the traditional impression of Chinese ink painting in terms of visual presentation for the general public. While retaining the simple and philosophical contemplation of traditional ink painting, it draws on and absorbs the expression of light, shadow, and color from Western art, aiming to achieve a new balance between black and color, traditional and modern, Eastern and Western.
In this exhibition of 30 works, there are both Huang Yijohn’s unique “Fission Chasing Light” technique and the “calligraphy painting” formed by the transformation of calligraphy characters; there are both the fiery romance of the golden sea and red sun, and the restrained and dignified snow-capped glaciers. The coldness of winter is just the end with the lush greenery of the new spring, entering into a new cycle of the four seasons.
Date: From now until February 28th
Time: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: Main Building HG Floor, 1881 Heritage, 2A Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Image source: Harbour City Art Gallery, Touch Gallery, Rossi & Rossi, facebook@WongJohn, Baishi Gallery
